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Criterion
Paper illustration for Wideband Delphi.
Decision Making
Wideband Delphi
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
A single opinion rarely holds up for planning when the future is genuinely uncertain. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as an Estimate Range, Assumption Log, and Expert Consensus Notes.The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 h or multiple rounds60-120 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-12 Experten2-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Estimate Range, Assumption Log, Expert Consensus NotesConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next ExperimentsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
EstimationExpertsForecasting
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model